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Re:Beirut airport bans pagers, walkie-talkies on all flights by bigfatkitten on Thursday September 19, 2024 @06:23PM (#41596969)
Thuraya handsets don't work without reporting their GNSS position to the network in cleartext, they only work outdoors (ie they don't work inside tunnels and "hospitals"), and because of their cost they tend to be carried by senior leaders.

If I were the IDF, this is the communications system that I would prefer the enemy to use.

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Re:Beirut airport bans pagers, walkie-talkies on all flights by imglorp on Thursday September 19, 2024 @10:15PM (#41598195)
The cell network knows a lot about handset position without handset gps participation. UTDOA is good to several meters, CGI-TA to a lesser extent, etc.
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